Xiao Zizai came to the tree, watched the man carving, picked up a wooden carving at his feet and looked at it. A woman holding an umbrella is lifelike: "It's very beautiful, how can I sell it?"
"Not for sale!"
After being rejected, Xiao Zi was still laughing, looking at the big sycamore tree with a new branch in front of him, and reached out to touch the trunk.
"Maybe thirty or forty years is a short time to you, but to a mortal, do you think he can wait this long?"
"There is nothing I can do. If that young man hadn't used his Qi to save me some time ago, I would have been close to death."
"Did you fail to escape the tribulation?"
"Yeah. I originally thought that after the tribulation was over, I could accompany him to travel around the world and fly together, but I didn't expect that the incarnation of the thunder tribulation would be extremely dangerous, alas." There was a hint of sadness in the voice.
"I'll help you heal." As he spoke, a large amount of Qi poured out of Xiao Zizi's hands.
"Thank you, Immortal." He felt a large amount of vital energy entering his body, and his voice was so excited that he trembled.
"You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank me, just thank my disciple. If he hadn't brought you back, you wouldn't have waited until I came. It's just that my disciple is not good at learning, otherwise I wouldn't be here." Xiao Zi Zi smiled.
"Then my benefactor is your apprentice? Please thank me when you see him. It's a pity that I have nothing to give you."
"Hahaha, it's okay. Just take a good rest and you will be able to transform into a human again as soon as this summer. Oh, and also, since the thunder tribulation is so dangerous, don't even think about overcoming it."
"But if I don't survive the disaster, I will only stay here for the rest of my life. If he stays with me, will he be unhappy?" The anxiety in his voice was obvious.
"Look at him, how long has he been waiting for you?"
"More than twenty years!"
"Do you think he cares that much?"
"Well, thank you to the immortal for waking me up."
Xiao Zizai communicated consciously with the Wutong Demon for a long time, but others didn't know it. They just saw him holding on to the tree trunk.
Xiao Zizai took his hand away from the tree trunk and said to the carpenter: "This tree has been around for many years. It's a pity that it was struck by lightning, otherwise it would be quite beautiful when it blooms."
"Yes." The man put down the carving knife in his hand, looked at Xiao Zizai and nodded in agreement, then looked at the little fox lying on his shoulder: "Your little fox is quite cute too."
The little fox's ears twitched, and he jumped to the carpenter's left shoulder, then jumped from his chest to his right shoulder, and swept his face with his tail. At the same time, the fox's eyes looked at Xiao Zizi with a trace of pride.
"Come back." Xiao Zizai shouted to the little fox. The little fox suddenly felt a chill on his back and the hair on his body stood up. He returned to his shoulder and looked at the big sycamore tree, then lay down quietly. Xiao Zizai bowed his hands to the carpenter: "Excuse me!"
The carpenter smiled: "It's okay, he's quite lively. It's rare to listen to you like this, little brother."
"I'm leaving."
"Yeah." The carpenter picked up a semi-finished product, and now he was able to process them to perfection.
Not far away, the little fox slapped Xiao Zizi's face several times with his tail.
"What are you doing?"
"What's going on with that tree? It feels weird."
"If you seduce someone's sweetheart, they will definitely feel bad about you."
The little fox didn't quite understand the grievance and said: "Sweetheart? A tree also has a sweetheart? And he praised me for being cute, so I jumped on his shoulder."
Xiao Zizai turned to look at the little fox: "Why, you are only allowed to become a demon, but others are not allowed to become demons?"
After hearing this, the little fox stood up and looked towards the big sycamore tree, and vaguely saw a beautiful shadow. Immediately, he swept his tail back and forth on Xiao Zizai's face, shouting: "Wow, look, it's true, tell the truth!"
Xiao Zizai grabbed the tail that she was about to sweep over again, and said viciously: "If you hit my handsome face with your tail again, believe it or not, I will pull it out? I just didn't find the hat my disciple gave me."
When the little fox heard this, he immediately clamped his tail and flashed his teeth at Xiao Zizai.
The little fox first cautiously approached Xiao Zizi's face with its tail, quickly swept his face, and then quickly retracted its tail to clamp it. After going back and forth like this, looking at Xiao Zizai's teeth itching with hatred, the little fox grinned. Alas, I can’t catch it, I can’t catch it.
Xiao Zizai got back to business and asked, "What happened to your demon tribe's incarnation calamity?"
"Why do you suddenly think of asking this? Does it have anything to do with you?" The little fox was a little flustered. She put away her tail and stopped provoking him. She looked at Xiao Zizai warily. Could it be that she really made him anxious? Do you want to take advantage of my weak period to make me into a hat?
The little fox became more and more frightened as he thought about it. He lay on Xiao Zizai's shoulder and looked at him pitifully, begging for mercy: "I don't have to hit your handsome face with my tail anymore. Can you not make me into a hat?"
"Go, go, let me talk to you about business. The tree demon just failed to transform into a tribulation and almost died, so I want to ask." What is this girl thinking about all day long? Is your mind full of mush? Isn’t it said that demons who can transform into human form have very high intelligence?
It turned out that he didn’t want to use me as a hat. The little fox heaved a sigh of relief and sat up with his head held high: “Ah, seeing that you want to know so much, I’ll tell you kindly.”
"Look at me." The little fox jumped off his shoulders and turned into a little girl instantly when he landed: "Although I can turn into a human form now, it is actually incomplete. The same goes for other races of the demon clan. Whenever they practice When you reach a certain level, you can transform into a human form."
"Before we survived the incarnation tribulation, it was very hard to maintain the human form, so I wouldn't be like this most of the time." After saying that, he turned back into a little fox and jumped back onto Xiao Zizai's shoulders. .
"Besides, before the Tribulation, tree demons and the others could not leave their true bodies too far. Fortunately, I am a fox." The little fox said thankfully.
Xiao Zizai nodded and roughly understood something: "Does that mean you haven't overcome the tribulation yet? Why are you so stupid?"
When Xiao Ziyi said this, the little fox was so angry that he bared his teeth and claws: "Do you think it's easy to overcome the tribulation? And I originally planned to overcome the tribulation after a while, but when you said that the tree demon almost died when he overcame the tribulation, I was so upset. I don’t even dare to do that now. Don’t look at me like this, I’m still very powerful, and you may not be my opponent yet!”
"Oh, really? Are you so powerful? Then were you afraid of me just now?"
"Humph. That's because I don't want to give you ordinary knowledge. Besides, your Qi concentration seems to be quite high, and it's quite comfortable to be around you." The little fox was still stubborn.
"Okay, okay." Xiao Zizai no longer planned to argue with her: "Do you have a name? How about I give you one and have the same last name as me? I'm so domineering."
"I've decided, let's call me Xiao Xiao. If you agree, that will be your name from now on. If you don't agree, you can call me Dad."
The little fox ignored him. She remembered that her mother had given her a nice name, Miao, but it was so long ago that she couldn't remember it clearly. Xiao Xiao's name isn't too unpleasant, just leave it at that. You can't call him dad by yourself.
"Do you really know where your apprentice has gone?"
Xiao Zizi smiled and said nothing.
Xie Wule held the broken sword in his right hand and said, "Brother Hu, please give me some advice."
The rough-looking man opposite was leaning on the handle of a large sword with nine iron rings on its back. The style was quite strange: "Thank you, brother, your sword is broken. If I don't fight you, I will win." Even if you defeat me, you won't be able to win with force. If you don't have a good sword, I'll give you one."
"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Hu. This sword was passed down to me by my master. It is his sword. Although the tip of the sword is broken, it is still a fine sword." Brother Hu tries his sword."
The rugged man took the broken sword. From the edge of the sword, it seemed that the blade was thin as paper, but there was no curl at all. The pattern on the blade was also very exquisite. He flicked his finger on the sword, and a buzzing sound began. The sound washed over the sword, and the sound was bright and crisp.
The rugged man returned the sword to Xie Wule: "There is no need to try the sword. It is indeed a good sword. Your master is willing to give such a good sword to you. He must be someone who values you very much."
"That's true." Xie Wule recalled the old man, feeling a little sad. Thinking that Master must want me to become a strong person, I immediately cheered up and said, "Brother Hu, can we start now?"
The man stood up straight, moved left and right, lifted the handle of the sword with his right hand, held the back of the sword with his left hand, stepped forward with his feet, bent his knees and squatted slightly, until they were horizontally in front of him. In an instant, he came out with a majestic momentum, changing his previous appearance of a rough guy: "Okay, then thank you, brother, and please give me some advice."
"Please give me your advice."
The man was burly, but he didn't expect his movements to be so quick and agile. Boring, boring, boring. The big knife with the iron ring was swung, and the iron ring and the blade collided with each other, making a crisp sound.
Clang. Xie Wule raised his sword to block the knife attack from his right body, and his wrist was hurt by the huge force. It was also at this time that he fully understood why Hu Xiangguo was called the "Gentleman's Sword".
Xie Wule has been practicing Qi for a week, and his body has improved greatly, but it is still very difficult to see the man's movements clearly. With that stab blow just now, Xie Wule completely failed to capture Hu Xiangguo's figure. If it weren't for the sound of the iron ring, he would have no idea where Hu Xiangguo came from.
Therefore, because of this characteristic of the nine-ring sword, Hu Xiangguo has no chance to sneak attack others. In addition, he himself is honest and honest by nature, and does not like to take advantage of others, so he is called "gentleman's sword".
Xie Wule could barely block and had no chance to attack. Before Hu Xiangguo's sword could come down a few times, Xie Wule's wrist reached its limit and his sword grip was almost unstable.
This made him realize that there was a huge difference in kung fu between him and Hu Xiangguo, and there was no chance of winning. He hurriedly stepped back several feet when Hu Xiangguo put away his sword: "Brother Hu is very powerful in martial arts, Xie is willing to admit defeat!"
Boring and boring. Hu Xiangguo's broadsword stopped less than a foot away from Xie Wule's body, and the iron ring on the back of the knife hit the back of the knife.
"Thank you, brother, for granting me permission." Hu Xiangguo took the sword back and said, "I am a rough man, and because of my strength, there are not many people who can block more than three of my swords. But brother Xie, at a young age, can withstand six swords." , given you more time, you will definitely become a world-famous master."
Xie Wule was well aware of his strength, but Hu Xiangguo became famous not only because of his extraordinary strength, but also because of his speed, intuition, and skills.
"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment, Brother Hu. But there are still some things I don't understand. Can I ask you for advice?"
Hu Xiangguo stuck the big knife on the ground, bared his yellow teeth, and said with a straight tone: "Thank you, brother, but it doesn't matter. Although I am inexperienced and don't know much, if I can answer, I will never hide it."
"When I was fighting with you just now, when I collided with your sword, your strength surged like waves. Why is that?" Xie Wule felt it every time he blocked his attack. Because the first shock was strangely followed by a second one, that's why Xie Wule's wrist was overwhelmed so quickly. Otherwise, no matter how powerful Hu Xiangguo is, Xie Wule can still deal with him for a while.
Hu Xiangguo laughed naively: "Hahaha, I thought Brother Xie was going to ask something, but why are you asking the same question as everyone else?"
Xie Wule seemed to have realized something and said hurriedly: "I was reckless. Brother Hu, if it's inconvenient to say it, just forget it." Yes, a person must have some special skills when walking in the world, otherwise how can he gain a firm foothold in the world? ?
Hu Xiangguo didn't care: "It's not that big of a deal. Although I rarely talk about it with others, Brother Xie and I can talk about it, so it doesn't hurt to tell you."
"Thank you, Brother Hu." Xie Wule bowed his hands and saluted. Naturally, he was very touched that Hu Xiangguo could tell him his secret.
Hu Xiangguo drew his sword and invited Xie Wule into the room for a discussion.
inside the house.
Hu Xiangguo sat cross-legged on the ground, put the nine-ring sword on his lap and wiped away the dust: "Thank you, brother, how much does my sword weigh?"
Xie Wule stood opposite him, looking at the heavy sword on Hu Xiangguo's leg, and recalling the difficulty he felt when he blocked the sword just now, he thought: "It should be no less than fifteen kilograms."
"Thank you for your good eyesight, brother. My sword weighs 18 pounds and 8 taels." Hu Xiangguo said admiringly to Xie Wule.
Xie Wule has been a doctor for many years and is very sensitive to weight, down to a few taels and a few cents.
"When I was young, although I was much stronger than other kids of the same age, I was often bullied by others because I was too honest, so I always wanted to be a chivalrous person."
Although Xie Wule didn't know why Hu Xiangguo mentioned this, he didn't interrupt. He looked in the direction of Hu Xiangguo's chin and listened quietly.
Hu Xiangguo took a breath and continued: "So I started to learn Kung Fu from an old martial arts master here, but I was not very talented and could not learn some of the more difficult moves. So the old martial arts master said to me: 'Xiang Guo Ah, since you can’t learn the moves, you should train your strength more.’ At first I thought the old martial arts master Xian Gao was too stupid to teach me, but I followed his advice and started hard training.”
"At that time, I didn't understand the profound meaning of the old martial arts master. It wasn't until I traveled all over the world to perform chivalry and righteousness, and relied on my brute force to achieve some fame, that I understood the saying of 'one force can defeat ten societies'."
"But don't look at my strength. It's a big burden for me to wield such a heavy knife. A dozen times with all my strength is my limit. If you weren't in a hurry just now, brother Xie, If you surrender and choose not to confront me head-on, but to deal with me, I will definitely be exhausted first and will not be your opponent."
Xie Wule nodded thoughtfully. No wonder Hu Xiangguo's offensive was so fast. It turned out that he wanted to kill his opponent before he ran out of energy. So what happens if this happens during a life and death fight? Xie Wule was lost in thought and actually expressed his doubts. Only then did Xie Wule realize that it was rude to interrupt others.
"Yes, what should I do if I am exhausted first?" Hu Xiangguo did not care, and continued: "So I have been practicing my body skills for many years, so that the people who fight with me can't keep distance from me, so that They had to take their own chops.”
Hu Xiangguo lowered his head and wiped the iron ring on the back of the sword with linen cloth: "At the same time, the second blow to the enemy is also an effective method I came up with to make the opponent fall before me. The key to that method is also on the back of the sword. On the hoop!”
Xie Wule heard the sound and looked at the iron ring, but he couldn't see any mechanism.
"My knife weighs a total of eighteen kilograms and eight taels, and these nine iron rings weigh six kilograms and six taels. When my knife collided with other people's weapons and stopped suddenly, these nine iron rings continued to move forward, and finally Hitting the back of the knife creates a secondary force. Although it is not heavy, it is better to prevent it than to prevent it!"
It turns out that Hu Xiangguo has made up for these weaknesses in other aspects, making them a thing of the past.
After Xie Wule listened, he could no longer describe his inner shock. It turned out that the principle was not that complicated, but it was just ignored by people. Everyone has a strange misunderstanding about the "gentleman's knife", but this misunderstanding is not wrong. Hu Xiangguo is not a shameless person who would do things like sneak attacks on others.
Since this is Hu Xiangguo's winning method, although he said it doesn't matter, Xie Wule still felt a little guilty: "Brother Hu, is it really okay for you to tell me this?"
"Hahahaha, don't worry, since I told you everything, it will be fine." Seeing Xie Wule acting like this, Hu Xiangguo burst out laughing: "When I entered this world, it was just to fight against villains and villains, and to support justice. Now the emperor rules the world. Youfang, unlike the time of 'Emperor Anqing', people like me are no longer needed, and I plan to retire."
This "Emperor Anqing" is naturally the last emperor of the previous dynasty, Xie Wule's father!
In the past, everything he heard from Uncle Qi, Uncle Liu and others mentioned the achievements of "Emperor Anqing". Now Xie Wule felt a little unhappy when he heard others talk about his father like this. He suddenly stood up and looked directly at Hu Xiangguo: "Brother Hu, you Don’t you know that many girls from good families have disappeared and many children have become beggars? How can you say that the current emperor is managing the world well? "
Hu Xiangguo naturally didn't know why Xie Wule had such a huge reaction. He looked at Xie Wule in surprise for a long time and asked, "How old is Brother Xie this year?"
"Nineteen years old."
"No wonder." Hu Xiangguo lowered his head in relief and wiped the edge of the knife. His tone was calm and there was no disturbance: "Let's go!"
